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By Daryl KelleyWhen Mike Montano looks down from his hilltop home at the mouth of the Ojai Valley, the 44-year-old photographer sees a tranquil, wooded setting —the Ventura River Valley on one side and Coyote Creek on the other.“It was the first house we would ever own and it was fantastic,” said Montano, whose move from New York City in 2002 ended at Foster Park, a cluster of about 80 homes hidden amid towering oak and sycamore trees. “We loved the privacy and the quietness.”